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By Chris Shaddock
Editor-in-Chief
In order to find out which student has the most talent, DeSales’s Campus Activity Board hosted the first ever, DeSales Got Talent. The event took place Nov. 17 in the McShea Lounge. Students with varying talents signed up for the event to strut their stuff, including bands, dancers, musicians, a yo-yoist and lots and lots of … [Read more...]

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By Andrew Beers
Sports Editor
On Feb. 9, the DeSales basketball teams hosted their seasonal Pink Game in hopes to raise money for cancer awareness.
A video was uploaded to the DeSales athletic page online to explain the event and what it aims to do. The athletes in the video explained who … [Read More]

By Bridget Walsh
Editor-in-Chief
Welcome back. I hope everyone enjoyed their well-deserved winter break and managed to relax. This semester has really kicked into gear, papers are due, tests are being taken, and the weather has been confusing again. One can only imagine what to expect in the … [Read More]

By Raymond Horchos
Staff Writer
Feast Week is a long-standing tradition in the Salesian community. Formerly known as Heritage Week, Feast Week gained the new name this year to be in accordance with the Salesian community at Salesianum School. Feast Week occurs in the week leading up to the … [Read More]

By Alaine DeSantis
Staff Writer
On Thursday, Jan. 3, 28 students departed in three vans to Indianapolis, Indiana for SEEK 2019, a conference presented by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS). A Catholic collegiate outreach, FOCUS has as its mission the sharing of “...the hope … [Read More]

By Andrew Beers
Sports Editor
With the DeSales baseball team selected second in the MAC conference preseason poll, head coach Timothy Neiman is expecting a phenomenal season. The Bulldogs are looking to smash the competition and their rival Misericordia University, who is seeded first in the … [Read More]

Editorials

By Chris Shaddock Editor-in-Chief Lately, I have been trying to open up about myself, and I think part of that requires me talking about my depression. I have been diagnosed for about a year and half. I probably had it longer than that, though. When I went to South Korea between my sophomore and junior […]

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